(ANSA-AFP) - OSLO, DEC 13 - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor
Orban has "no reason" to block Kyiv from joining the European
Union, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday on
the eve of an EU summit. "I asked him to tell me one reason why.
Not three, not five, not 10. Tell me one reason," Zelensky said
of his talks with Orban. "I'm waiting for (an) answer," he told
reporters in Oslo where he met with five Nordic leaders. EU
leaders will be in Brussels from Thursday to discuss renewing
their support for Ukraine, with a macroeconomic package of 50
billion euros ($54 billion) and a promise of formal membership
talks on the table. Orban has threatened to veto both measures,
which would condemn the summit to failure and leave Ukraine --
and its neighbour Moldova, also hoping for membership talks --
out in the cold almost two years after Russia launched an
all-out invasion of Kyiv's territory. (ANSA-AFP).
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